Coat-hanger.



R. REIN.

GOAT HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. so, 1911.

, 1,014,976. Patented Jan. 16, 1912.

Fllgl COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D, c4

UNITED STATES PATEN T EEIQE.

ROBERT REIN, OF SCHLACHTENSEE, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO EDIVIUND BOEHM & CO., OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

COAT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 30, 1911.

Patented Jan. 16, 1912. Serial No. 646,893.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT REIN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and resident at Schlachtensee, near Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat-Hangers.

This invent-ion relates to a hanger for coats and cloaks with a device for holding the lapels or upper parts of the Jfacing of the clothes.

Compared with the well known coat hangers which only allow the tight inclosing of the front lapels or seams the device forming the subject matter of this invention is formed of clips connected by means of adjustable cords with the coat hanger itself or with an auxiliary hanger in such a manner that they are adapted to hold the seams or edges of the piece of clothing and to pull them outward against the action of gravity.

Figure l of t-he accompanying drawing given by way of example shows an elevation view of the coat hanger made according to the present invention while Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same.

The numeral 1 designates the coat hanger on which the cloak or coat 2 has to be hung in the usual manner.- Secured to t-he end of the one arm 1 of the stirrup by means of an adjustable cord, ribbon, strap or the like is a clip 4 which holds the seam of the coat and pulls it outward in the direct-ion oi: the arrow against the action of its weight. The adjusting of the cord 3 according to the dimensions of the coat may be carried out by means of a sliding securing device 7. Secured to the stirrup 1 is an auxiliary stirrup 8 at the end 9 of which an adjustable cord ribbon, st-rap or the like 10 is arranged which has clip l1 for the edge 12 of the cloak secured thereto.

Inserted between the. auxiliary stirrup 8 and the main hanger l is the coat or cloak in such a manner that the cord 10 is positioned on the outside and consequently can take hold of the outer edge of the coat through the medium of the clip 11 while on the contrary the holding cord 3 for the inner edge 5 of the coat is positioned on the inside.

The hanger 8 may be bent from wire and be secured by means of hooks 14 engaging eyes 13 ot the hanger 1. The stirrup or hanger 8 may however be formed also by a yielding tongue which may be secured by means of screws to the hanger 1 and owing to its yielding properties can be removed so far from the stirrup that the corresponding part of the coat may be slid between both.

I claim:

l. In combination with a coat hanger having ends disposed in supporting relation with the shoulder portions of the coat, of a support connected with the hanger and extending beneath one lapel and through thel neck outside the other lapel, suspension means attached to the inner lapel and supported on said hanger inside of the garment, and suspension means connected with said support outside s'of the coat and attached to the other lapel, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a coat hanger having ends disposed in supporting relation with the shoulder portions of the coat, of a rod like support horizontally disposed and extending from end to end ot' the hanger and supported thereon, one portion of the rod extending beneath one lapel and through the neck and outside of the other lapel of the coat, suspension means attached to the inner lapel and connected with said rod inside of the coat, and suspension means attached to the outer lapel and connected with said rod outside ot' the coat.

8. In combination with a hanger havingx end in supporting relation with the shoulders of the coat, a rod having one end secured to one end of the hanger and lying inside of the coat and projecting horizontally through the neck and lying outside of the coat abreast of the other end of said hanger, said rod having an extension projecting angularly upwardly toward an attached central portion of the hanger, and lapel suspension means connected with that end of the rod lying inside of the coat and with the inner lapel, and suspension means connected with the outer lapel and with that portion of the rod lying outside of the coat.

4. In combination with a coat hanger having ends disposed in supporting relation with the shoulder portions of the coat, means mounted on the hanger and extending outside and through the neck inside of the coat, and pendent suspension devices connected with said means and attached to the lapels of the coat inside and outside of the same, respectively, substantially as described.

5. In combination with a coat hanger having ends disposed in supporting relation With the shoulder portions of the coat, means mounted -on the hanger, and independent exible pendent suspension devices connected With said means and attached to the lapels of the coat, substantially as described.

6. In combination with a coat hanger having` ends disposed in supporting relation With the shoulder portions of the coat,

7 In combination with a coat hanger having ends disposed in supporting relation with respect to the shoulder portions of a double breasted coat, and independent suspension devices pendent from said hanger and connected With the innerA and outer lapels of the coat, substantially as described.

8. In combination with a coat hanger having ends disposed in supporting relation with respect to the shoulder portions of a double breasted coat, and independent suspension devices pendent from the hanger, inside and outside of said coat, respectively, and' connected with the inner and outer lapels of the coat, substantially as described.

In testimony Whereoil I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERT REIN.

Witnesses HENRY HASPER, ARTHUR SCHROEDER.

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Washington, D. C. 

